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ACAS guidance promoting positive mental health at work
Comment Posted on 20/04/2012 11:34:00 | Category: Discrimination |
ACAS, in collaboration with the NHS' Mindful Employer initiative, has published a training package and guidance for employers aimed at promoting positive mental health in the workplace.  Promoting positive mental health at work has been designed to work with employers to: Challenge stigmas Concentrate on feasible steps an employer can make to help ... read more...
Self-employed drivers subject to 48 hour week
Comment Posted on 19/04/2012 14:05:00 | Category: Health & Safety |
To accord with the EC Road Transport Directive, self-employed drivers will be become subject to the 48 hour average working week and the other provisions of the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005 from 11 May 2012. There had been a proposal to withdraw self-employed drivers from the scope of the Directive but this proposal was defeated in the European Parliament in 2010. The UK Governme ... read more...
Recent employment law changes do not apply in Northern Ireland
Comment Posted on 17/04/2012 17:21:00 | Category: Termination |
Following our recent blog highlighting the Employment law changes coming into effect in April 2012, employers should be aware that both the increase to the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from one to two years for new joiners and the changes to employment tribunal practice and procedure apply to England, Wales and Scotland and do not have effect in Northern Ireland.... read more...
Respondent successful in cost application and EAT agrees
Comment Posted on 16/04/2012 13:05:00 | Category: Other |
In most cases in the tribunal costs orders are the exception rather than the rule, unlike other areas of litigation where the general rule is that costs follow the event and the unsuccessful litigant normally has to foot the legal bill for the litigation. Not this time, the EAT, in Peat & ors v Birmingham City Council, upheld a decision by the tribunal to award costs against a group of claima ... read more...
Tier 2 Immigration Changes
Comment Posted on 12/04/2012 09:49:00 | Category: Immigration |
The Government announced last week further changes to the Immigration Rules in response to the MAC recommendations made in their report on the ‘Limit on Tier 2 (General) for 2012/13 and Associated Policies’ published in February 2012.  Please see below for a summary of the three changes to the Tier 2 route. 1)     Restricted COS Annual limit The annual limit ... read more...
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